This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South African lawyer Pillay.
(10/09 18:05)
The Tokyo District Court sentenced the defendant who attacked Takashi Tachibana, leader of the Party to Protect the People from NHK, to nine years in prison.
(10/09 15:14)
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the publisher, which had been seeking damages, in a lawsuit over the imitation of "band score," which is a musical notation of songs by music bands.
(10/09 15:13)
The Financial Services Agency has ordered Prudential Life Insurance to suspend some operations for more than three months due to the issue of stealing money from customers.
(10/09 15:07)
Prime Minister Takaichi said of Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan, ``I want him to work harder than anyone else, making use of his wealth of knowledge and policy-building ability.''
(10/09 14:43)
The six opposition parties in the House of Councilors agreed to consider submitting a resolution to censure Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan.
(10/09 12:57)
Prime Minister Takaichi, in response to a question from a representative of the House of Councilors, said regarding Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana's comments, ``It is important for him to explain properly. I would like him to give a thorough explanation.''
(10/09 10:41)
Consumer spending decreased by 3.1% in the August household budget survey.
(10/09 08:33)
Russian authorities have announced that they have requested the extradition of Tomoko Akane, head of the International Criminal Court, to the Netherlands.
(10/08 21:59)
This year's Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to Canadian author Anne Carson.
(10/08 20:04)
Fast Retailing's consolidated sales for the fiscal year ending August 2016 reached a record high of 3,963.3 billion yen.
(10/08 15:36)
In its regional economic report, the Bank of Japan upwardly revised its economic outlook for two of the country's nine regions, Tohoku and Shikoku.
(10/08 14:03)
In a lawsuit over the Tochigi/Nasu mayoral election, the Tokyo High Court rescinded the ruling invalidating the election.
(10/08 13:36)
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan Yan said at a plenary session of the House of Councilors, ``I will do my best to carry out my duties.''
(10/08 10:56)
Prime Minister Takaichi has expressed his intention to have Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana continue in his post.
(10/08 10:48)
Prime Minister Takaichi said of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana's comments, ``I thought it was inappropriate, so I gave him a strict warning.''
(10/08 10:47)
Prime Minister Takaichi, in a question asked by a representative of the House of Councilors, stated that the funding for the consumption tax cut will be secured through a review of both expenditures and revenues, without relying on special public bonds.
(10/08 10:38)
The current account balance in August was in surplus at 4,062 billion yen.
(10/08 08:52)
It has been announced that Kimiyasu Kudo will be appointed as the new manager of Chunichi Professional Baseball Baseball.
(10/08 08:19)
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, tremors with an intensity of 4 were observed in northeastern Chiba Prefecture.
(10/08 04:33)
According to the minutes of the US Federal Reserve meeting, the majority of participants indicated that raising interest rates by the end of the year would be appropriate.
(10/08 04:22)
Investment fund Oasis has requested NIDEK to start considering taking the company private.
(10/07 22:25)
Prime Minister Takaichi called Professor Emeritus Soai of Tokyo University of Science, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, to convey his congratulations.
(10/07 21:27)
The Liberal Democratic Party and the ``Centrist'' House of Representatives faction have agreed to hold a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on the 13th and 14th.
(10/07 19:35)
The Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
(10/07 18:55)
Professor Emeritus Kenzo Soai of Tokyo University of Science and two others have been selected for this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
(10/07 18:53)
The Niigata District Public Prosecutors Office indicted four people, including Sanko Seika's executives at the time, on charges of professional negligence resulting in the death of six people in a fire at Sanko Seika's Arakawa factory.
(10/07 17:05)
Regarding the reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister said, ``I look forward to discussions in order to realize this in the current Diet session.''
(10/07 15:10)
Regarding Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana's remarks, the prime minister said, ``It is natural not to bring political support or disapproval into budget allocation.''
(10/07 13:55)
Thailand disappointed by Aichi Governor Omura's remarks ``It clearly shows how much Japan has changed'' Asian Games
